P0108
Porphobilinogen Quantitative Urine, Spot
Test Details: Porphobilinogen (PBG) is an essential component of the heme synthesis pathway. Acute intermittent porphyria is characterized by excretion of porphobilinogen and delta aminolevulinic acid in urine during acute attacks, but not during latency. Random Urinary Porphobilinogen test is the first step in the diagnosis of acute porphyrias such as acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) and other acute attack types of porphyrias associated with neurologic and/or psychiatric symptoms
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Category
Advanced Routine Diagnostics
Pre-test Information
Clinical details & history is mandatory.
Report Delivery
3 working days
Gender
All
Organ
Multi-Organ
Porphobilinogen Quantitative Urine, Spot
3800
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